Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-19
ENTOMBED.
Closing Ceremonies Over
the Dead Anarchists.
SPEECH BY CAPTAIN BLACK.
At the Grave-Nrs. Parsons Over
come by Observation-Disclosures
Floral Tributes.
Associated Press Dispatches to tho HERALD.

CHICAGO, December 19.-The foul
Anarchists who were hanged on No
vember 11th, August Spies, A. II.
Parsons, Adolph Fischer and Geor 70
Engel, and Louis Lingg, who cheated
the gallows by committing suicide
the day before, were placed in their
Anal resting place in the Waldheim
Cemetery to-day. Two funeral trains
from the city carried about 500 people
10 tho cemetery. The demeanor o
their oceup ants partook more OF the
nature Of picnic party than fun.
cral. At the cemetery the crowd
gathered around q lot situated near
She entrance and the collins were
taken from the vault and carried to
the spot where the crowd had as
sembled. Spies casket was borne by
six members Of the Typographical
Union; Parsons by members Of his
old Assembly Knights OF Labor; En-
gels by the German Fresco Painters
Union and Louis Lingg's by com
mittee from the Carpenters Assembly.
On Spies and Fischer's collins were
FLOWERS AND RED RIBBONS.
On Parsons was a bouquet of red and
yellow roses, which ser led to bring
out in bold relief the red cloths which
covered the casket. From Enge's
and Lingg's collins the undertakers re-
moved the lids and the chief mourn
ers took their places. Among the
mourners were near relative. and
friends of the dead Anarchists, in.
Guiding Mrs Schwab, whose hush md
is in the penitenriary, Nina Van
Handt and Linsg's girl and Elsa Frei-
del. Nina Van Zandt chartered con-
.tinually with Captain Black. and
showed no signs of emotion. r. Bu-
chan acted as master of ceremonies.
The embalming process had been a
success and the dead all looked life
like. and not trace OF decomposition
was to be seen. A memorial hymn
was sung by the Milwaukee Social
istic Mannerch r, and Captain Black
then spoke in substance as follows:
BLACKS ADDRESS.
SIT is now nearly nineteen CEN
turtles since there came INTO the world
one whose name is a household wor |
wherever civilization has shed its
light. Whatever may be our per-
sonal views of Christ, We all know
that He brought most prominently to
light two Thoughts which have been
In the world ever since then. One
establishes the connection in the re-
lationship between us and the eternal
God the other is the thought of uni
versal brotherhood. for We know that
we are yet children of the infinite
bound up in the eternal destiny, as
children of one father. We are
brethren all. No man until the
coming OF Jesus knew the secret which
broke down the narrow barriers OF
race and distinctions Of place and cir
cumstances. When He Came the
world at large hal no place for Him.
and stable was His birth place and
q manger was His cradle. What
shall l say concerning the civilization
which boasts His name to-day. AS we
look back over the long ages that have
occupied
THESE NINETEEN CENTURIES,
We can take heart and courage that
His doctrine OF love is yet alive, for
in spite OF mu n forgetting, we still
find in the long march of centuries that
there have been fai hful hearts who
have acknowledged the beauty and
Clio OF His teachings. And it is not
all. that places of power and wealth
had no room for Him when He came,
but when He went. what was it? He
ught the world Div ne fatherhood.
but when Jesus added the teaching OF
universal brotherhood to all mankind,
Pharisees and priests, scribe and
Levites combined with one accord to
send Him to felon's death.
The speaker then traced the life
work of Christ and Hi, efforts to bring
about practical fraternity. For this
He was cast out by the Scribes and
Pharisees. Whatever might be said
of their n ethod, the dead Anarchists
had labored for universal brotherhood
and
UNIVERSAL PEACH.
Yet the world had nothing for them
but the gibbet." He would apply the
words Of that great teacher of centu-
Yies ago to the Lesson of the hour /:
"Except a grain OF wheat fall into the
ground and die it abideth alone; but
II it die, it bringeth forth much
fruit"
The worlds history is and has been,
that every milestone in the path OF
progress has stood as a tablet over
murdered dead who laid the founda-
ton for the structure of real progress
and advancement. And there have
been many of those who have loved
the common cause and common peo-
pie 80 truly. that unmiudful OF their
personal welfare, they have been
ready to shed their blood. But is
there to such as these, the fate OF obliv-
ion? No, lives like theirs that 60 out in
the splendid service of supreme sacri-
fee are never lost l care not WIN u
their beliefs are concerning the I'M
seen; know that even If they believe
not, the eternal father is fait.ful ana
that hearts that pass out OF life in the
service of humanity will be called and
gathered into His embrace.
CLOSING SCENES.
After Capt lin Blacks address, Pan
Groetk IN OF Milwaukee, and Alner
Curtin, Of st. Louis, deli vered
speeches in German, praising the
virtues of the dead Anarchists and the
cause for which they died. After the
ceremonies were over, the casketi
were closed and lowered in a grave
which had been dug twelve feet deeI
and walled up with granite blocks
Just before the granite capstone wal
placed up over the grave, two larg
wrea'hs, ordered by the New Yorl